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Chapter 10 - SouthEast Asia Flashcards

1
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Name all the countries in Southeast Asia.

A 
Burma
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
Malaysia 
Indonesia
Philippines
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What are two major countries that are of Buddhist religion?

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Thailand and Cambodia.

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What are two countries that have Islam as a major religion?

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Malaysia and Indonesia.

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Which SouthEast country has Christianity as a major religion?

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Philippines

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What are some characteristics of the Gulf of Thailand?

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Bordered by Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.

Territorial disputes.

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What is Sumatra?

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An Indonesian island.

Srivijaya. The island culture of Sumatra, an urban-based kingdom that emerged in Southeast Asia through maritime trade.

Srivijaya ruled Sumatra and built numerous buddhist monuments.

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Where is Java and what are some characteristics?

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Java is an island located in Indonesia that hosts 60% of Indonesias total population.

In Java, the rich volcanic soils have contributed to productive agriculture and dense populations.

Today, coffee remains an important export crop for Indonesia.

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What is Borneo?

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A large island in SouthEast asia below the Philippines.

One of the largest populations in the world for Orangutans on Borneo will reach extinction unless drastic measures are taken place to stop the expansion of palm oil plantations.

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What is the Pacific Rim?

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A loosely defined region of countries that border the Pacific Ocean.

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What is the Ring of Fire?

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A chain of seismic instability and volcanic activity that stretches from Southeast Asia through the Philippines down to the pacific coast of the Americas.

It is caused by the tension built up by moving tectonic plates.

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Where is the Irrawaddy River?

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It is a river that flows north to south through Myanmar Burma.

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What is the major city of the Irrawaddy River?

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Bogale

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Where is the Chao Phraya River?

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The Chao Phraya is the major river in Thailand. It flows through Bangkok and then into the gulf of thailand.

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What is the Mekong river?

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The Mekong is a trans-boundary ricer in SouthEast Asia. It starts in the Tibetan and runs through Chinas Yunnan province, through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.

Ends in Vietnam.

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Where is the Mekong Delta and its Major City?

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Located in Southern Vietnam.

Major City - Ho Chi Minh City.

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16
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Where is Bangkok located?

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Bangkok is located in Thailand.

17
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Where is Hanoi located?

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Hanoi is located in Vietnam.

18
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Where is Jakarta located?

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Jakarta is the largest city and capital of Indonesia.

19
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Where is Ho Chi Minh City?

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Ho Chi Minh City is located in Vietnam.

20
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Where is Manila?

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Manila is located in the Philippines and is the capital.

21
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Where is Singapore located?

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At the southern tip of the Malaysia Peninsula.

22
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Where is Yangon located?

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Yangon is located in Myanmar Burma.

23
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Where is Kuala Lumpur?

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Kuala Lumpur is located in Malaysia.

24
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What places did the Dutch Colonize?

A

Indonesia

New Guinea

25
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What places did France Colonize?

A

Laos
Vietnam
Cambodia

26
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What place did the US colonize?

A

Philippines.

27
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What place did the Spanish Colonize?

A

Philippines

28
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What place in southeast asia was never directly colonized?

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Thailand

29
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What are the Indochina wars?

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A series of wars fought in Southeast Asia from 1946-1989 between communist Indochinese forces against mainly French, South Vietnamese, American, Cambodian, Laotian and Chinese forces.

30
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What are the “Little Tigers”?

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The descriptive nickname for the economies of Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, which have had relatively high rates of economic growth since the early 1980s.

31
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What are Spice Islands?

A

An archipelago(group of islands) in Southeast Asia (modern day indonesia) where items such as nutmeg pepper mustard were domesticated and globally traded to other world regions particularly with the European colonial period, when the portuguese and dutch occupied the region.

32
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What is a typhoon/cyclone?

A

A large rotating storm in Pacific Asia, which is produced by warm ocean temperatures and eddies in the trade winds from August to October.

33
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What is the Cold War?

A

A period between WW2 and 1990 in which the United States and Soviet Union established their role as global powers; their struggles took place through a variety of proxy conflicts.

34
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What is the Domino Theory?

A

The view that political unrest in one country can destabilize neighbouring countries and start a chain of events.

Refers to the Indochina wars against communist leaders.

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